November 29, 2012

Vancouver filmmaking couple Nimisha Mukerji and Mark Ratzlaff were excited enough Thursday as they awaited the Whistler Film Festival world premiere of their new short film, the dark drama Beauty Mark.
But then the city-bred pair saw a bear on … Continue reading →

BURNABY — Since Friday night, Kristina Collins had been treating her right shooting hand with a ton of tender loving care.
The Simon Fraser’s senior point guard knew she had six days to get it back to some semblance of … Continue reading →

I think I can adequately further along the Portland Winterhawks-WHL snafu in five little words: Oh, now it is on.
Obviously peeved that the Winterhawks downplayed the reasons for the penalty the league hit it with on Wednesday for player … Continue reading →

Simon Fraser Clan senior Mike Winter and his team gave up three first-half goals en route to a 3-1 season-ending loss to Saginaw Valley State of Michigan at the NCAA Div. 2 Final Four semifinals on Thursday in Georgia. (File photo – Ron Hole, SFU athletics)

Like the famous explorer for which their school is named, the Simon Fraser Clan men’s soccer team kept discovering ways to find an historic passage through the uncharted territory of the school’s first-ever NCAA championship tournament.
On Thursday, however, the … Continue reading →

Simon Fraser Clan forward Anto Olah gets airborne to grab a rebound during his team’s preseason win over Northwest Indian College atop Burnaby Mountain, Olah, the team’s rebounding leader in the preseason, is one of four new players seeing major minutes for the NCAA Div. 2 program which opens conference play Saturday at home to Western Washington. (Ron Hole, SFU Athletics)

BURNABY — James Blake has bled Simon Fraser red since the day he was named the head coach of the Clan men’s basketball program 29 months ago, and on Saturday, as his team opens its third season of play in … Continue reading →

Kevin Bieksa believes there's enough depth, familiarity and potential on the back end for the Vancouver Canucks to quickly adapt should there be a shortened NHL season. (Getty Images via National Hockey League).

VANCOUVER — Kevin Bieksa was searching for the right summation, one that would speak to the collective potential rather the uncertainty of what will occur if a new collective bargaining agreement is stuck to salvage the NHL season.
After all, … Continue reading →

The mayor of Batman, an oil-producing town in southeast Turkey, wants to sue Warner Brothers and director Christopher Nolan for using the town’s name as the title character for its multibillion dollar movie franchise.
He claims the movie’s success has … Continue reading →

Prolific director Uwe Boll is back in Vancouver to film his latest, um, movie. The German-born auteur has a knack for casting reasonably big names in high-concept, barely scripted features.
We’ll see if his latest matches the heights of Dungeon … Continue reading →

For me, December 1 marks the beginning of the Christmas season. And what better way to get in the spirit than a Christmas trade show!
The fifth-annual West Coast Christmas Show & Marketplace starts Friday and runs through Sunday (Nov. … Continue reading →

Dear Sherry,
I have feelings for a good friend of mine. We don’t spend much time together outside of group situations but when we are in a group situation it’s always assumed that me and her are a packaged deal. … Continue reading →